Carjacking training, the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, Kwa-Zulu Natal:
- Keep car doors locked and windows shut at all times
- Watch out for groups of two or three men at road junctions
- Avoid having to stop at red lights
- Stop as briefly as possible at other junctions
- If you do have to stop, leave enough space between you and the car in front to enable you to drive past it in an emergency
- At night, if you've messed up the traffic lights and have to stop when there is a group of young men loitering, run the red light
- If you break down in a rural area, leave the car behind and hide in the bush until help arrives - keep a mobile phone with you at all times
- A significant proportion of carjackings results in the car owner being shot
- In the event of being carjacked, do not look the carjacker in the eye
- If the carjacker asks you to get out and you have to release your seatbelt, tell him what you're doing so he doesn't think you're reaching for a gun
- If he gets in and asks you to move into the passenger seat, try to escape through the passenger door
- If he gets in and asks you to drive, drive off at high speed and, before he can fasten his seatbelt, crash the car into a tree or building and hope your seatbelt saves you
